SUNFLOWER. 
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It has been ascertained that a single Sunflower 
may produce upwards of two thousand seeds. 
These seeds when pealed have a taste similar to 
that of sweet almonds, and they are excellent 
food for fattening domestic poultry. In the 
United States of America, the Sunflower is culti¬ 
vated on a large scale, for the purpose of making 
from the seeds an oil that is good-tasted, and fit 
for salads and all the purposes for which olive-oil 
is used. Hence it is evident that the Sunflower 
might with as much justice have been made the 
emblem of true as of false riches. 
